Category Archives: Software

Progress MOVEit Transfer: Attacks on vulnerability CVE-2024-5806

Posted on 2024-06-26 by guenni

[German]The vulnerability CVE-2024-5806 was recently discovered in the Progress MOVEit Transfer software. Attacks on the CVE-2024-5806 vulnerability were observed shortly after this information was published. This brings back bad memories of a MOVEit Transfer vulnerability through which hundreds of companies … Continue reading →

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SharePoint News Connector will be discontinued

Posted on 2024-06-25 by guenni

[German]Do any of you use the SharePoint News Connector, e.g. to post news in Microsoft Teams? Microsoft has discontinued the News Connector. Advertising

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CosmicSting: Vulnerability CVE-2024-34102 put Adobe Commerce and Magento stores at risk

Posted on 2024-06-24 by guenni

[German]Small addendum from last week. It has been known since the middle of the month that the vulnerability CVE-2024-34102 exists in Adobe Commerce and Magento online stores. Together with a Linux vulnerability, thousands of stores can be taken over by … Continue reading →

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Oracle plays the JAVA license card; audits in companies; hunt for unlicensed users

Posted on 2024-06-23 by guenni

[German]Using JAVA? Then you should be prepared for Oracle knocking on your door and wanting to talk about license fees. Top 200 companies have already faced an audit where Oracle checked the "license per user" and made additional demands if … Continue reading →

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Zabbix version 7.0.0 LTS and 7.0.1 released

Posted on 2024-06-23 by guenni

[German]Another newsflash – Zabbix version 7.0.0 was released as an LTS release at the beginning of June. Zabbix is a distributed open source monitoring solution for the corporate environment. An overview of the new features can be found here and … Continue reading →

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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SoftMaker FreeOffice Version 2024 available

Posted on 2024-06-18 by guenni

[German]German manufacturer SoftMaker has just released its FreeOffice 2024 as a new, completely revised version for Windows, Mac and Linux (also in English). The free office package SoftMaker FreeOffice positions itself as a fully-fledged alternative to Microsoft Office. Advertising

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Microsoft removes the falsely "Edge installed" Copilot app from Windows

Posted on 2024-06-15 by guenni

[German]Along the lines of "We made a mistake", Microsoft rolled out the Copilot app to Windows (Windows 10/11 clients and Windows Server 2022) in March 2024 with an "accidental" Edge update. Redmond has since "cleaned up" and gradually uninstalled the … Continue reading →

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redfox.bz (AnyStream, CloneDVD etc.) is offline (June 2024)

Posted on 2024-06-08 by guenni

[German]Brief information, although I don't know exactly how relevant the topic is for the readership of this blog. The provider of programs such as AnyStream, CloneDVD etc., redfox.bz, has been unavailable online for a few days now. Something happened sometime … Continue reading →

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Webex: Potentially hundreds of thousands of meetings in ministries publicly accessible

Posted on 2024-06-07 by guenni

[German]Webex communication software from Cisco have had a security flaw. Research by journalists of German media "Die Zeit" revealed that the software has more vulnerabilities than the developer Cisco has publicly confirmed. According to Zeit research by Eva Wolfangel, "thousands … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365 version 2405 causes memory errors and freezes in Access

Posted on 2024-06-06 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released version 2405 for Microsoft 365/Office 365 apps at the end of May 2024. I have now received feedback from blog readers complaining about Microsoft Access crashing. There may be a memory leak that is causing various problems with … Continue reading →

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